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Wells: Monday Workouts

THE `BURBS - The Pacers worked out their best group of players Monday.
The marquee attraction was at point guard where North Carolina's Ty Lawson, UCLA's Jrue Holiday, Wake Forest's Jeff Teague and Florida State's Toney Douglas worked out. Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair and Michigan State's Goran Suton were the big men the Pacers brought in.
I hear Lawson looked the best of all the point guards because he has good court awareness and a natural feel for the position
The knock against the former Tar Heel is his size.
Lawson had a difficult time going against Holiday, who has four inches on him and is a superb athlete.
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Blair, who makes up for his lack of height by using his 7-2 wingspan, definitely looks like he has slimmed down since the end of the season.
Besides possibly giving the Pacers some much needed toughness in the post, Blair is also good in the community, which would be an added bonus for the blue and gold.
I hear Blair surprised some kids at a community center in his hometown of Pittsburgh when he showed up unannounced and started reading to them recently. It wouldn't hurt the Pacers if they got another player that enjoys being a positive influence in the community.
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One player who will likely be available when the Pacers pick at No. 13 that was missing out of the group of point guards was VCU's Eric Maynor.
Maynor, who is almost 6-3, is expected to be at the fieldhouse on Wednesday. It would have been good to see how Maynor measured up against the rest of the point guards Monday.
Lawson's teammate at North Carolina, Tyler Hansbrough, is scheduled to workout Friday.
There has been some talk about guard Brandon Jennings, who played overseas last season, possibly coming in for workout.

Sounds like we will have worked out virtually everyone that has been discussed....

I think if we want Holiday we'd trade up.

Trade down for Teague (unless they're really convinced of his upside, but I don't think he can be a true point), Maynor, or Hansbrough if he has a good workout.

If we stay at 13 it looks to me like it'd be Lawson, Blair, or Johnson. I could see NJ taking Blair or Johnson though.

I wonder if there is truth to the rumors of us wanting another late 1st. If we picked Johnson/Blair we could get Teague/Maynor or possibly Lawson in the 20s. Or it could be a PG at 13 and maybe Hansbrough in the 20s?

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Re: Wells: Monday Workouts

There has been some talk about guard Brandon Jennings, who played overseas last season, possibly coming in for workout.

That part is very interesting for me. So Maynor, Hansbrough and maybe Jennings are next. And I guess that'll wrap it up for the #13 candidates. So as far as I know, Flynn, Hill, Clark, Henderson, Daye and Twill hasn't been to Indy for a workout. Interesting... Currently I have Flynn, Hill, Clark and Daye all sliding past #13.

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That part is very interesting for me. So Maynor, Hansbrough and maybe Jennings are next. And I guess that'll wrap it up for the #13 candidates. So as far as I know, Flynn, Hill, Clark, Henderson, Daye and Twill hasn't been to Indy for a workout. Interesting... Currently I have Flynn, Hill, Clark and Daye all sliding past #13.

Hill sliding past #13?? Hill's the only guy I imagine us (realistically) trading up for.

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I mean he'll go top 10 for sure but I don't rank him as high. Few months ago I wrote that he looked like an hybrid between Amir Johnson & Hilton Armstrong and I still think he is just not very good. Honestly I wouldn't trade up for anybody in this draft. Maybe Tyreke Evans but I am not sure about that either.

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I'm getting very excited about the draft. It's hard to wait around..

It's getting very hard for me to not like Blair. I don't like his game at all, but he's making it difficult to not like his toughness or his personality. We'd have the coolest frontcourt in the game with Hibbert/Blair/Granger.

James Johnson is another well-spoken, intelligent player with a mean streak. I don't think he's a good fit because he WANTS to be a three, when he appears to be a possible four. I LOVE his shooting percentages though. That's exactly the kind of guy the Pacers need. We need efficiency.

If Jrue had Blair's personality I'd be all over him. But he doesn't.

I want no part of Ty Lawson.

Teague is an intriguing guy to pick up as a bench player. You can never have enough scoring punch off the bench.

I would love to have Jennings, if for no other reason than his cockiness/flare. I think we could use an injection of flare.

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I imagine that, like nearly all of us at PD, TPTB admire Evans' skill set. Gotta love that length & athleticism in the backcourt. However, there seems to be some questions about whether he'll be effective at PG. Moreover, I'm suspicious -- just a suspicion on my part -- that he may not be viewed comfortably as a fit here in terms of style/character/background/attitude.

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Memphis players haven't worked out well for us....j/k But in regards to Evans, he struggled greatly at Memphis when he was not the PG. He's not used to not having the ball in his hands. Perhaps that changes down the road. But as of right now I don't think he's considered to be a highly intelligent PG, just a very athletic combo guard, but one that you can't run off screens for jump shots. He needs the ball, but isn't one to run an offense per say.

And with the rumors of the #19 pick and #21 pick being available basically to buy, I REALLY hope we get one. While this may not be a "superstar" type draft, I think we could definitely get key contributors to a very good team. We could certainly pick Johnson, Blair, or even Hansbrough at 13, then Maynor or Teague and possibly Lawson would be at a later spot.

Reading the paper this morning, I liked what all of them had to say. I don't think Holiday will be there and don't think we'd take Teague at 13. But Blair, I really liked despite all of my concerns about his height and the reports on his knees. Lawson, I loved his confidence. I agree with Owl right now: one of Blair or Johnson and Lawson would be an awesome draft.

I'm optimistic right now that we will have a second straight strong draft and really see the pieces being put in place for some very good teams down the road, like our 90s Pacers.

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It says now on the blog that Gerald Henderson is set to come in on Friday, I could have sworn he was already here once. Am I wrong? It's very possible, I can't find an interview with him on Pacers.com either.

"Lawson's teammate at North Carolina, Tyler Hansbrough, and Duke's Gerald Henderson are scheduled to workout Friday."

Re: Wells: Monday Workouts

It says now on the blog that Gerald Henderson is set to come in on Friday, I could have sworn he was already here once. Am I wrong? It's very possible, I can't find an interview with him on Pacers.com either.

"Lawson's teammate at North Carolina, Tyler Hansbrough, and Duke's Gerald Henderson are scheduled to workout Friday."